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tobago

/təˈbeɪɡoʊ/

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What does tobago mean?

proper noun

  1. An island and ward of the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.

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/təˈbeɪɡoʊ/

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On the 20th of May, about sunset, the island of Tobago, off the Orinoco, came into view, bearing west by north, distant twenty-two miles.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
A merchant at Tobago, in the general alarm, not knowing whether this fleet was friend or foe, sent out a schooner to reconnoitre, and acquaint him by signal.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
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Though the result clearly proved that the high land on the horizon was not Trinidad, but Tobago, yet the captain continued to steer north-north-west, in search of this latter island.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
The new acquisitions of Grenada, Tobago, St. Vincent’s, and Dominica, have opened a new field for speculations of this kind; and the returns from those islands have of late been as irregular and uncertain as those from the great island of Jamaica.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300